Despite the odds, one doctor promotes family planning in Muslim Nigeria

Nzwilli, F. Washington Post

Amid stiff opposition to modern birth control methods in the predominantly Islamic region of Northern Nigeria, a Muslim medical doctor is working to dispel the myths that fuel the resistance to family planning

Director of the Population and Sustainability program, Center for Biological Diversity, argues arguments about whether population, consumption or production is problematic. We need to get to work on all of them – now.

Statistics revealed this week how Britain has become home to some of the biggest families in Europe: 9.5 per cent of babies in the UK now have three or more siblings - nearly double the number six years ago, with increased affluence one of the primary reasons.

Humans have already used up 2015's supply of Earth's resources – analysis

Howard, E. The Guardian

Earth ‘overshoot day’ – the day each year when our demands on the planet outstrip its ability to regenerate – comes six days earlier than 2014, with world’s population currently consuming the equivalent of 1.6 planets a year

AAAS reports that the director of the United Nations (UN) Population Division told the 2015 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2015) that there will not be an end to world population growth this century unless there are unprecedented fertility declines in those parts of sub-Saharan Africa that are still experiencing rapid population growth.

Two renowned scientists—Stanford's Paul Ehrlich and UC-Berkeley's John Harte — argue that feeding the planet goes way beyond food. Revolutionary political, economic and social shifts are necessary to avoid unprecedented chaos.

Author claims that whilst there is much talk of the overall growth of the world’s population, some countries’ populations are actually shrinking because of emigration and/or death rates exceeding birth rates.

India’s population as of 5pm today: 127,42,39,769 and growing - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/indias-population-as-of-today-1274239769-and-growing/#sthash.h1m2jDHu.dpuf

Open letter by President of Population Connection about Pope Francis’ recent encyclical on climate change, which fingers his church’s consistent unwillingness “to break the doctrinal chains that prevent the Vatican from recognizing the impacts of population growth”.

Every environmental solution is addressing the same, ugly problem: The world has to support a lot of hungry, thirsty, fertile people. The human population is the core of every single environmental issue that we have.

Columnist notes the population of NSW will increase by about half a million during the next term of parliament, but neither major party has a detailed policy on how to respond to the projected increase or its predicted effects.

Describes research showing that adapting to climate change could have profound environmental repercussions, and that adaptation measures have the potential to generate further pressures and threats for both local and global ecosystems.

Rapid coastal population growth may leave many exposed to sea-level rise

Science Daily

The number of people potentially exposed to future sea level rise and associated storm surge flooding may be highest in low-elevation coastal zones in Asia and Africa according to new projections based on population growth to 2030, 2060.

New population projections from IIASA researchers provide a fundamentally improved view of future population, structured by age, sex, and level of education, which differ from recent projections by the United Nations.

A Scientific American article summarizing a recent collaboration of archeology and ecology looking at humanity's widespread and profound changes to the "natural" world during past three thousand years.

Fifth in a 5 part series on population: In the Philippines, access to contraceptives is limited for the most part to those with the means to pay. The Catholic Church has fought a "reproductive health bill" in the legislature that would change that.

In this Horizon special, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world is heading for a population crisis. The film continues to be timely, relevant, and well worth screening for its overview of population-related issues.